Initiation Ceremony and African Sculptures
NY: The American Imago, 1953. Reprint. Softcover. White wraps. 82 pp. No illus. More
NY: The American Imago, 1953. Reprint. Softcover. White wraps. 82 pp. No illus. More
Westerville, Ohio: Otterbein College, 1988. Softcover. Green pictorial wraps; approx. 80 pp.; 104 bw figures. A catalog of the collection of African art held at Otterbein College, including pieces of the Dogon, Bambara, Mende, Temne, Ashanti, Igbo, and more. More
New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1961. Softcover. White wraps with brown and deep blue illustration. Approx 50 pp. Many bw illustrations. Has 11-page illustrated introduction by Sieber. More
Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 150 pp. plus 39-page addendum; Profusely illustrated in bw. Accompanied a traveling exhibition; Features 212 items. More
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., 1980. Paperback. Color-illustrated, stapled wraps with white lettering. Unpaginated with approx. 60 pp. Several bw images. List of prices realized stapled inside front cover. Auction catalogue from items sold from various collections, April 22, 1980. All kinds of carvings and more - statues, headdresses..... More
New York: Sotheby's, 2005. Paperback. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with gray lettering. 208 pp. Color illustrations. Date of Sale: May 12, 2005. Lots 1-311, in two sessions. Sale Code: 8095 "POUNAMU." More
New York: The Museum for African Art, 1993. Softcover. Glossy black wraps with color illustration and purple and white lettering; 24 pp. with 12 bw illustrations; in matching folio, with 24 single plates. Plates are on card stock with descriptions on back of each one; includes a brief introduction to..... More
New York: The Center for African Art, 1990. Softcover. Rust & illus. wraps, 194 pp., many color & BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition. Contains two catalogs compiled by Anne D'Alleva and four articles: Some Thoughts on Looking at African Sculpture / JerryThompson -- African Sculpture: A...... More
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Hardcover. Offwhite cloth. BW illustrated dust jacket. 131 pp and 8 tipped in color plates, plus many pages of bw plates. More
Guggenheim Museum, 1996. Softcover. White wraps. 191 pp. profuse color and bw plates. Exhibition in London, England: Royal Academy of Arts. Oct. 4 , 1995 to Jan. 21, 1996, followed by showings at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin and Guggenheim NY. This is the abbridged version of the catalogue. More
Lincoln, Massachusetts: De Cordova Museum, 1978. Softcover. White pictorial wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 50 pp.; 34 bw figures. From an exhibition at the De Cordova Museum, in cooperation with the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, which featured sculpture, baskets, jewelry, textiles, and pottery from Africa. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960. Hardcover. Dark grey cloth over boards; 78 pp. plus plates; 1 color frontispiece, 76 bw plates. Includes textiles, basketry, beadwork, ivory carving, metalwork, pottery, and more; Close to 200 photos and extensive annotations. More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969. Softcover. Black stapled wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 30 pp.; 26 bw plates. Accompanied the inaugural exhibit at the Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen Student Center at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Includes masks, figures, and everyday items from all over Africa. More
New York: Center for African Art, 1991. Paperback. Silver illus. glossy wraps with black lettering; 294 pp. with numerous illus., some in color. Includes sections on traditional and extinct art. A very thorough and well-illustrated volume covering numerous artists. More
Düsseldorf, Germany: Galerie Alex Vomel, 1968. Paperback. Black oblong wraps with bw illus. and white lettering. Unpaginated with 24 pp. and bw illus. Catalogue from the gallery exhibition of Feb. to March 1968. Text in German. With an introduction by Volprecht and each item well-described. Includes masks, puppets, reliquary figures..... More
London: White Cube, 2008. Softcover. Light gray paper wraps, French flaps, unpaginated, many BW illus., some color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2008-2009 exhibition of artwork by South African-born artist Robin Rhode (b. 1976). With an essay by Ossian Ward, a chronology and exhibitions history, and many examples of..... More
Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 1969. Softcover. White and illus. stapled wraps. [16 pp.], 19 BW illus., one map. Issued in conjunction with a 1969 exhibition of African art. With an introduction by Allen Wardwell. The exhibition checklist cites 131 pieces, and 19 are pictured here. Uncommon. More
NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Hardcover. Grey cloth. Dual text in English and French. 237 pp. 347 bw illustrations. Introductory essay followed by annotated catalogue featuring works of sculpture from 110 collections. More
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1981. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 288 pp.; 261 plates, 61 in color, the rest bw. Provides an overview of art from Africa and the study of African art; Contains sections on architecture, sculpture, and drawings and paintings. More
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1981. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 288 pp.; 261 plates, 61 in color, the rest bw. Provides an overview of art from Africa and the study of African art; Contains sections on architecture, sculpture, and drawings and paintings. More
NY: Tudor Publishing Co., 1965. Hardcover. Yellow cloth. White and orange illustrated dust jacket. Approx 23 + 244 pages. BW illustrations. Covers 122 tribes of sub-Saharan Africa, with a brief description of the tribe and an illustration of a work of their art. More
Coral Gables, Florida: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 2010. Softbound. Black paper wraps with red illustration. 28 pp., color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2010-2011 exhibition. Includes examples of textiles. baskets, gourds, pots, wood, leather, and iron. More
Wurzburg: Zemanek-Munster Tribal Art Kunsauktionhaus, 2007. Softcover. Glossy black pictorial wraps; 256 pp. with color photos throughout. Descriptions in German and English of 261 items from the auction held November 24, 2007. A list of expected prices is laid in. More
New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. Paperback. Navy and silver wraps with cover illustration and silver lettering. 31 pp. with bw illus. throughout. With an introductory essay about the collection by Ernst Anspach. Catalogue of works from the collection, briefly described and pictured. More
NY: Museum for African Art, 2005. Softcover. Dark purple wraps with orange spine and French flaps. 151 pp. Published in conjuction with the 2005-2007 exhibition at the Museum for African Art New York, San Antonio Museum of Art, Arkansas Arts Center, Albuquerque Museum, and the National Museum of African Art..... More